by Chris Stoner | Oct 31, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
The 2013 Major League Baseball season has ended, with the Boston Red Sox beating the St. Louis Cardinals, to claim the World Series. As a fan of the Baltimore Orioles, this did not have me sleeping well last night. (You can discuss this post on the BSL Board here.)...
by Lance Rinker | Oct 27, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles number one priority this off-season will be to improve the starting rotation, as reported by Rock Kubatko of MASNsports.com and anyone who watched the team play this season. The biggest obstacle standing in the way of accomplishing that goal in a...
by Jeff Long | Oct 24, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
Over at MLBTR Jeff Zimmerman was tasked with creating a model to predict Free Agent starting pitching contracts. After a lot of disappointment, Zimmerman was finally able to create a model that relatively accurately projects the contracts free agent pitchers can...
by Jeff Long | Oct 20, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
The Trade A few weeks ago I threw out a potential trade wherein Chris Davis was sent to Oakland for a bevy of prospects. My original trade proposal was: BAL sends: Chris Davis (1B) OAK sends: Addison Russell (SS), Sonny Gray (SP), Dan Straily (SP), Nolan Sanburn (RP),...
by Chris Stoner | Oct 19, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
Earlier this Month, I posted an article illustrating my Orioles related thoughts as the off-season was beginning for the Birds. (You can discuss this article on the BSL Board here.) I was not exactly being profound in my stated hopes that the O’s would add a...
by Jeff Long | Oct 16, 2013 | Baltimore Orioles
Baseball has a lot of stats that allow us to compare players. Sometimes those comparisons are easy. For example: how does Adam Jones compare to other MLB centerfielders? Sometimes they are more difficult to judge. An example of this would be: how does Mike Mussina...